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Health ministry to create monitoring system to manage supplies of drugs, test kits
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to create a system to centrally monitor the production ...
August 23, 2022
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Abandoned Russian tanks on display in Kyiv nearly 6 months into invasion
KYIV — Damaged tanks, armed vehicles and weapons abandoned by Russian forces on the war front amid t...
August 22, 2022
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Japan rail firm sets up site to practice camping in Tokyo
An arm of rail firm JR East has created a fast-track way for wannabe campers in Tokyo to get a tast...
August 22, 2022
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ALS patient sets up foundation for united front against disease
Former employee of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Ichiro Hatanaka, who has been diag...
August 22, 2022
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2 dead after bus overturns in fiery crash on expressway in Nagoya
Two people died after a bus overturned and caught fire on an expressway in Nagoya on Monday morning,...
August 22, 2022
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Bus overturns, catches fire on Nagoya expressway
Two people were in critical condition after a bus overturned and caught fire on an expressway in Kit...
August 22, 2022
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Popularity, prices soar for vintage domestic electric guitars
Yuta Tanaka is as surprised as anyone. While the pandemic wreaks havoc in a wide range of businesse...
August 22, 2022
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Japan weather agency triples downpour warnings
The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued 115 special heavy-rain warnings from July until mid-Augus...
August 22, 2022
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Govt decide ¥87 bil. in assistance to African countries
The government has decided to provide a total of ¥87 billion in assistance to 26 African countries f...
August 22, 2022
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Hiroshima remembers 2014 landslide
HIROSHIMA — Memorial services were held in various locations on Saturday marking the eighth annivers...
August 21, 2022
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Japan’s education ministry eyes use of English digital textbooks from 2024
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry is considering using both digital an...
August 21, 2022
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Serendipitous discoveries in library ‘amphitheater’
KANAZAWA — New life has been breathed into the Ishikawa Prefectural Library in Kanazawa City followi...
August 21, 2022
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Ice maker banks on ornamental blocks to boost sales
Tokyo ice maker Onoda-Shoten Co. has increased production of ornamental ice blocks as part of effort...
August 21, 2022
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Government to subsidize local ‘My Number’ reward schemes
The central government plans to subsidize points schemes linked to My Number identification cards op...
August 20, 2022
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Tokyo Gov. Koike to gather information on organ trafficking
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Friday that the Tokyo metropolitan government will “gather necessary in...
August 20, 2022
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